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In the late 1980s, a new revolt broke out, this time led by the fundamentalist FIS (Islamic Salvation Front). Many of its leaders were the kind of young Algerians who joined the struggle against the French occupiers in the 1950s.

~Alistair Horne

Topics: Against Broke French Front Fundamentalist Islamic Joined Kind Late Leaders Led Many New Out Revolt Salvation Struggle Time Were Who Young 1950S 1980S

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Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist.

~Andrew O'Hagan

Topics: Compliments Could Fans Find Football Fundamentalist Passions Read Similar Zeal

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An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt.

~Antonio Tabucchi

Topics: About Admit Aesthetic Doctrine Doubt Doubts Example For Example Fundamentalist Going Imposed Intellectual No Doubt Perfect Political Political System Religious Room System

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Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Conspiracy Covers False Fundamentalist Legends Often Political Propaganda Purposes Religious Theories Used

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The U.S. is friends with dictatorial regimes, then invades places like Iraq and Afghanistan, and what happens afterwards is a catastrophe. In the place of their leaders, fundamentalist movements that use the name of Islam spring up, and all that's left is terror and bloodshed.

~Ayman Odeh

Topics: Afghanistan Afterwards Bloodshed Catastrophe Friends Fundamentalist Happens Iraq Islam Leaders Left Like Movements Name Place Places Regimes Spring Terror Then Up Use

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It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.

~Barney Frank

Topics: Bush Cite Course Education Effects Fundamentalist Further George George Bush Harvard Impervious Indication Might Much Over Party People Proof Really Republican Republican Party Right Taken Totally Yale You

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The problem with Bush is that yes, he's religious in a fundamentalist sort of way, they read the Old Testament as a sort of charter for the chosen people to do what they like.

~Bruce Kent

Topics: Bush Charter Chosen Fundamentalist He Like Old Old Testament People Problem Read Religious Sort Testament The Problem With Way Yes

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Some politicians were probably too lax about the rise of an extremist, fundamentalist, radical ideology.

~Charles Michel

Topics: About Extremist Fundamentalist Ideology Politicians Radical Rise Some Too Were

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I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance, insecurity and what the world tells you is beautiful. For many black women, the idea of wearing their hair naturally is unbearable.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: About Also Am Beautiful Bit Black Fundamentalist Hair Idea Insecurity Larger Many Naturally Questions Tells Unbearable Wearing Women World You I Am

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I grew up in a very working-class family and also a very fundamentalist Christian family. So, we didn't have access to the arts in the house in any form other than the Sunday funnies.

~Craig Thompson

Topics: Access Also Any Arts Christian Family Form Fundamentalist Grew House Other Sunday Than Up Very Working-Class

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